5 questions with David Garrard

Key stat: The Jaguars have scored 79 points in the first four games, the most in the first four games since Jack Del Rio became the coach in 2003.

Offensive rank: 24th (302.5 yards per game).

Defensive rank: 18th (326.2 yards per game)

Offensive leader: QB David Garrard. Coming off his first 100-plus passer rating of the season, Garrard has completed at least 60 percent of his passes in four consecutive starts.

Defensive leader: SS Brian Williams. Despite playing CB most of his career, Williams has proven to be a dependable defender against the run. He leads the team with 27 tackles.

Streaks: Josh Scobee has made 10 consecutive field goals, including game-winners two weeks in a row.

STEELERS

Coach: Mike Tomlin.

Record: 12-8.

Last week: Played Baltimore on Monday night.

Key stat: The Steelers, before Monday night, were eight wins from becoming the first AFC team to reach 550 total wins.

Offensive rank: 29th (255.3 yards per game).

Defensive rank: Second (234 yards per game).

Offensive leader: WR Hines Ward. Ward needs just one 100-yard receiving game to take sole possession of second place on the team's all-time receiving list. He's tied with Louis Lipps at 16.

Defensive leader: DE Aaron Smith. As of Monday, Smith had 38.5 career sacks, and needed 1.5 more to pass Ernie Holmes and move into eighth place on the club's all-time list.

Streaks: Heading into the game against Baltimore, the Steelers had won 13 consecutive home games on Monday Night Football.

5 QUESTIONS WITH ... QUARTERBACK DAVID GARRARD

Other than the obvious wins, what's the difference with this team now opposed to when it was 0-2?

"I think when we started off with the loss and everything that was happening to us, everybody started to press a little bit. I think everyone is relaxing now, and we're getting back to playing Jaguar football."

What look did you get from the defense that made you run the ball so much?

"It was just the defense that they were playing. They were playing a lot of two-man, and they were trying to cover all the receivers and play two high safeties on the top of it. Most football players know that when you see the two-man, the only person open is the quarterback, especially a quarterback who can run a little bit. My intention is never to run 40 or 50 yards, even though it would be nice if I could. I'm just not that fast. My thing is just to keep the chains moving. If it's third down or fourth down, if I have to run, make enough of a run or make one guy miss, so I can just fall forward, hopefully for the first down."

Did you think Houston was pretty much set on stopping the run all day?

"They were bringing the safety down into the box, but they were mixing their defense up a lot. I just think they have a good front four with a lot of big guys to try and slow your run game down, so you're not going to break off a lot of those big runs like we did last week against the Colts. We just have to be patient and use play-action and use the naked [bootlegs] to keep them honest to keep them from teeing off against the run."

You've had a couple of game-winning drives recently. You do know that's what quarterbacks are judged on, right?

"I know a lot of outside people judge quarterbacks that way, and I understand it. That is the position that we chose and we understand that it's going to come down on our shoulders."

Was the throw to Matt Jones' back shoulder during the game-winning drive a planned throw?

"When we watch the film, we see back-shoulder throws on them [defensive backs] and you can see them not turning their heads around because they're trying to blanket the receivers as much as possible. That throw is usually there, especially on bump coverage. Matt knows it and he's one of the best receivers to do it to because he's tall and you can put it anywhere around him and he's going to make the play."